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UKRI ESRC funds world-leading research, data and training in the economic and social sciences. We are part of UK Research and Innovation (@UKRI_News).
Swindon, UK
Joined January 2009
Apply for funding to develop partnerships and activities that contribute towards increasing diversity and inclusion in the NERC community. ⏰ Closes 1 April 2025. 🗓️Join our webinar on 22 January 2025 to learn more. For more information: https://t.co/uC8bW1fxxy
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🎉 National Productivity Week is back! 🚀 Join us 27-31 January for events, seminars, and more! 💡 Curious about how your business can help lead the charge to a more productive UK? Find out more: https://t.co/AV81rdCs9v
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The deadline to apply for the “Envisioning Governance Systems that Work” Knowledge Synthesis Grants is December 12th. Up to 47 grants of up to $30K each are available to synthesize knowledge on this theme. Apply today! https://t.co/pmvFgGFPoA
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COMING SOON: apply for funding for an interdisciplinary project to identify ways of supporting economic activity in places experiencing high rates of ill-health, disability, and informal (unpaid) care in the UK. Opens on 3 February 2025. More: https://t.co/au5mbWEo6Y
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The 11th report in our year-long series with @ChildoftheNort1 out today warns thousands of vulnerable children are at risk of criminal exploitation and urges Government to roll out its Young Futures programme in disadvantaged areas 👇
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Apply for funding to develop partnerships and activities that contribute towards increasing diversity and inclusion in the NERC community. ⏰ Closes 1 April 2025. 🗓️Join our webinar on 22 January 2025 to learn more. For more information: https://t.co/bu4Zp71hgn
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Can AI detect how you feel? What are the challenges of reading our emotions? And does this tech offer help or harm? In our latest blog @S_A_R_Lab reflects on a public demo of emotion reading tech and consider some of the questions it poses. Read https://t.co/M4ggo1xj7n
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We have published another report today in collaboration with @CarersUK for #carersrightsday, looking at the value of #unpaidcare in all four nations of the UK, estimated to be a staggering £184 billion per year. Read this report here: https://t.co/ExTasIY7hP
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You can watch our winners and finalist’s videos on our YouTube playlist: https://t.co/MMrxbSrOQr Find out more about our winners: https://t.co/Ocf4T1VaJO 7/
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This year’s winner of Outstanding Societal is The Post Office Scandal led by Project Professor @RichardMoorhead for 'The Post Office Scandal: Lawyers’ Ethics and Ruined Lives'. Congratulations! 🎉6/
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This year’s winner of Outstanding Public Policy is Professor Charlotte O'Brien (@CR_OBrien) for 'Supporting strategic litigation to secure EU nationals’ post-Brexit rights'. (@EURightsHub) Congratulations! 🎉5/
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This year’s winner of Outstanding International is the OSR4Rights research group (@osr4rights) led by Professor Yvonne McDermott Rees for 'Strengthening the use of open source research in human rights investigations'. Congratulations! 🎉4/
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This year’s winner of Outstanding Early Career is Dr @TimoLeiter for 'Better prepared: New global targets strengthen climate adaptation and resilience'. Congratulations! 🎉3/
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This year’s winner of Outstanding Business and Enterprise is the Digit work time reduction team led by Professor @BrendanBurchell with Dr @_davidfrayne for 'Improving productivity and well-being with a four-day working week'. Congratulations! 🎉2/
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Last night we announced the winners of the 2024 #ImpactPrize Awards🏆 The awards are a chance to celebrate and honour researchers who are working to make real-world impact and meaningful change. Congratulations to all the finalists! Meet our winners below 🧵1/
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There's still time to apply! We are launching an £11.5m investment with @SciTechgovuk to fund the development and management of a global evidence synthesis infrastructure. Apply now: https://t.co/bwIdPwsE7Z Closes 12 Dec
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Local police services across Britain are failing to meet the public’s minimum standards of service delivery, according to a new @VP_Centre report, which our Co-Director @Crawford1Adam will speak about at the APCC NPCC Summit today 🧵 1/8 https://t.co/pFc7QlzJrR
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Police services across Britain are failing to meet the public’s minimum standards of service delivery, according to a new Centre report.
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🚨 CALL FOR PAPERS The Productivity Institute is hosting an international research conference on Productivity on 4–5 September 2025. The deadline for paper/abstract submissions is 31 January. Find out more: https://t.co/tfjWpB0vXk
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The 2024 #ImpactPrize Awards are just a few days away!🎉 Recently we’ve shared the incredible stories of our finalists and their projects. You can find all of the films in this playlist: https://t.co/MMrxbSrOQr Stay tuned for later this week when we announce the winners!
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The UK government has ambitious plans for a National Data Library, and a lot of the important technical choices remain to be made. Together with @wellcometrust, @esrc is running a Technical White Paper challenge to invite proposals for how to make it work best!
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